Eleven o’clock on a Monday night, and Hoang Bui is still going. His fingers pluck the keys on his calculator as he sits at a table, adding up receipts. He’s been going like this since 7 a.m., when he wakes up to go to work at the electric company, until now, when he works the […]

Our view: The “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy runs contrary to both pragmatism and morals and must end. Law school students continued their opposition to the Solomon Amendment – a Congressional provision mandating universities permit military recruiters on campus or risk losing federal dollars – as unconstitutional at a protest on Saturday. Arguing that the […]

I have wanted to meet the Pope for some time now. So when a fellow student told me in a yawning, casual way that she was blessed by His Holiness in a receiving line not once but three times on a spring trip to Rome, I was both shocked at her distasteful lack of respect […]

If the Student Association had its way, a student representative participating in Friday’s GW Board of Trustees meeting would have been treated to talk of the weather, student fashion at the inaugural ball and praise for a member’s Australian outback hat. Chairman Charles Manatt opened the meeting on the chilly and windy day by reminding […]

As Mick Jagger once pointed out, there is a stark difference between what you want and what you need. I know there is no practical need in my life that justifies eating birthday cake, buying expensive shoes or reading Page Six. However, why is it that I so often find myself struggling in lustful moments […]

Area residents are enthusiastic at the prospect of seeing their tax burden decrease by millions of dollars from the construction of two apartment buildings set to bring 500 residents to Foggy Bottom by 2007. Ronald Cocome, president of the Foggy Bottom Association, said he was unsure of how far the new complexes would go to […]

While at GW, you should never forget that you don’t own the facilities that you are using. In the dorms, your personal living space is open for inspection at any time and for almost any reason. In the case that University Police smell the foul wafting of marijuana smoke, GW can search every room on […]

Replacing exit signs and other objects damaged by vandals in Ivory Tower may cost thousands of dollars, University officials said last week. They also said that because of the time and money associated with repairing parts of Ivory Tower destroyed by vandals, the school might have to delay some maintenance work in the dorm. Eric […]

Consider the source This month, as we celebrate black history, let’s take a moment to consider the implications of our celebration. Black History Month started off as “Negro History Week” in 1926, the inception of a humble black teacher, Carter G. Woodson. After noticing the omission of African American contributions in public school textbooks, Mr. […]

New male birth control pill could be the wave of the future (U-WIRE) AMHERST, Mass. – One day, it might be the man saying, “Don’t worry, I’m on the pill.” With a new agreement between the Norwegian-based company Spermatech AS, and the University of Massachusetts Medical School, that day may come sooner than later. Spermatech […]